Job vii. 16.-I would not live alway.

Eccl. iv. 2.-Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive.

Isa. xxi. 11, 12.-Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh.

Dan. xii. 13.-Go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt

rest.

Jonah iv. 3.--O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Matt. xi. 28.-Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Rom. viii. 18.-For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

Rev. vi. 11. And it was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little time.

Rev. vii. 16. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any

more.

Rev. vii. 17.—And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Rev. xiv. 13.-That they may rest from their labors.

Rev. xxi. 4.-And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more.

6. Consolation for the bereaved.

Deut. xxxiii. 27.-The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

Josh. i. 5.-As I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.

2 Sam. xii. 23.-Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him but he shall not return to me.

Ps. Ixviii. 5.-A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

Job xxxvii. 21.-And now men seè not the bright light which is in the clouds.

Jer. xlix. 11.-Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in Me.

Lam. i. 12. -Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Ezek. xiv. 23.-And ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.

Amos v. 8.-Seek Him that . . . turneth the shadow of death into the morning.

Matt. v. 4.-Blessed are they that mourn.

Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Mark xvi. 3.-Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?

Mark xvi. 6. He is risen; He is not here; behold the place where they laid Him.

Luke vii. 32. And when the Lord saw her He had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

Luke viii. 52. She is not dead, but sleepeth.

Luke xxiii. 28.-Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves.

Luke xxiv. 5, 6.-Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen.

John xi. 13.-Thy brother shall rise again.

John xiii. 7.-What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter.

2 Cor. iv. 18.-While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

1. Thess. iv. 13.-But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest which have no hope.

7. Sudden or accidental death.

Job xv. 21.-In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. Job xxi. 13.-They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Job xxxiv. 20. In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

Ps. xxxix. 11.-Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth.

Prov. xxvii. 1.-Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Eccl. ix. 12.--For man also knoweth not his time.

Isa. xvii. 14. And behold at eveningtide trouble, and before the morning he is not.

Ezek. xxiv. 16.—Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke.

Matt. xxiv. 42.-Watch therefore for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

Matt. xxiv. 44.—Be ye also ready for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Matt. xxv. 6.-But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

Matt. xxv. 13.-Watch therefore for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Mark xiii. 29.-Know ye that He is nigh, even at the doors.

Mark xiii. 33. Take ye heed, watch and pray for ye know not when the time is.

Mark xiii. 35.-Watch therefore for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh.

Mark xiii. 37.—And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

I Thess. v. 2.-The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

I Thess. v. 6.-So then let us not sleep, as do the rest; but let us watch and be sober.

James iv. 14.-Whereas ye know not what shall be on the

morrow.

Rev. iii. 3.—If therefore thou shalt not watch, I shall come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I shall come upon thee.

Rev. xvi. 15.-Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

8. Death of a young man or woman.

Judges xi. 39, 40.—And it was a custom in Israel, that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah.

2 Sam. i. 25.-O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

2 Sam. xviii. 33.-O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my

son.

1 Kings xvii. 17.-The son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore that no breath was left in him.

1 Kings xvii. 23.-And Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

Eccles. xi. 9.-Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Eccles. xii. 1.-Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.

Jer. vi. 26. Make thee mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation.

Jer. ix. 21.-For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

Jer. x. 20. My tabernacle is spoiled and my cords are broken : my children are gone forth of me, and they are not there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

Jer. xlviii. 17.-All ye that are about him bemoan him ; and

all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken and the beautiful rod!

Amos viii. 10.-I will make it as the mourning of an only son.

Matt. ix. 24. The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

Luke vii. 12.-Behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

Luke vii. 14.-Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

Luke viii. 52.-And all were weeping, and bewailing her but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.

John xi. 24.-Thy brother shall rise again.

9. Death of an aged Christian.

Gen. v. 24.-And Enoch walked with God: and he was not, for God took him.

Gen. xv. 15.-Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

Gen. xxv. 8.-Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Gen. xxvii. 2.-Behold now I am old, I know not the day of my death.

Gen. xxxv. 29.-And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Gen. xlvii. 9.-Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been.

Gen. xlviii. 21.—And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die : but God shall be with you.

Gen. xlix. 18.-I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

Gen. xlix. 29.-And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers.